Folding stand for paste buckets



W. LAFFOLD FOLDING STAND FOR PASTE BUGKETS Nqv. 24, 1925- Filed Dec. 20, 1923 Patented Nov. 24, 1925.

nnrrsn stares WILLIAM LAFFOLJD, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

FOLDING STAND FOR PASTE BUCKETS.

Application filed December 20, 1923.

To all 1,071 012] it may concern:

Be it known that I. lVTLni'An' Lwronn, a citizen of the United Stas. residing at Fit. Louis in the State of T souri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Stands for Paste Buckets, oil which the following is a specification containing; a full, clear. and exact description. reference beinp; had to the accompanying draxving, forming a part hereof.

My invention consists in the novel construction and combination oi. parts herein atter particularly described and distinctly claimed.

llhe object of my invention to provide an .in'iprored stand for paper-hangers pastebuckets, and which stand shall be adapted for use as an attachment to the welhknown 'loldablc, portable trestles now in use by paper-hangers. so that the paste-bucket may set upon said. stand, and be supported oil of the floor at a convenient height thereby preventing much steeping of the user in dipping his paste-brush in the paste con tained in said bucket, and which will also prevent paste from dripping from the pastebrush onto the floor or carpet in litting g' the loaded brush from said pastobuclzet to the wall-paper, and which invention shall be simple in c instruction. durable in use, and of low cost to manuliacture.

in the drawing:

l i 1 is a side elevation of a. trestle havinn my invention attached thereto, the trestle being shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a top-plan View of same, and

F. $1) is a top plan-view of the trestle and h the haste-bucket stand, folded in a small bundle, ready to be carried by the paperhanger from job to job, or to be shipped.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, the ninneral l designates the legs of the trestle, to one pair of which the inner ends of a pair 0i. horizontal supporting-bars 2 are pivotally connected by pivot bolts or rivets The horizontal crossbar at and the pair of supporting-legs which are designated by the numeral 5-5 are formed of a single straight piece of strap-iron by bending the latter Serial No. 681,706.

in the form of the letter U (see Fig. 3), and each of the said legs 5 is pivotally connected near its upper end, adjacent the said integral cross-bar 4, to the adjacent outer ends of the respective horizontal supporting-bars 2, by means of a suitable rivet or bolt 6, so that the said legs 5 may be folded inwardly to the position which they are shown as occupying in Fig. 3, for the purpose of forming a compact bundle; the said cross-bar 4 at the same time folding over the ends of the trestle, as shown in Fig. 3.

The paste-bucket 7 is supported during 1.ise, upon the horizontal supporting'bars 2 and said crossbar 4, as shown in Fig. 1 so that the paper-hanger may conveniently dip his brush in the paste contained therein without stooping.

The numeral 8 designates a sleeve that is slidably mounted upon the said horizontal sup 'iorting-lntr 2 and is adapted to receive the inner ends oi? said legs 5 when the latter are in a folded position. and hold the latter in a folded position alongside of said bars.

The operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood from the above description, except when the legs are in an extended or supporting; position. as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. said legs are pretlien ably inclined outwardly from the bottom up, both laterally and horizontally, so as to act as brace. for all the connected parts to make the same less liable to be overturned accidentally.

The cross-bar lextends above the outer ends of the said supporting-bars 2, and when said legs 5 are extended, shown in Fig. 2, the said cross-bans inner edge contacts with the upper ed of the said supporting-bars, and acts as a stop to limit the outv ard movement of the lower ends of said legs 5.

Said crossbar 4; and said legs 5 are preterably made from a single piece of metal bent into the form shown in Fig. -3.

I claim:

A paper-hangers paste-bucket stand, comprising a pair of horizontal supportingbars, the inner ends of which are adapted to be pivotally connected to corresponding trestle legs; and a cross-bar and a pair of supporting-legs formed integral from a single piece of strap-iron, and adapted to be pivotally connected to the outer free ends 5 of said supporting-bars; the free ends of said supporting-legs resting upon the floor When the said stand 18 111 an unfolded position; and said cross-bar contacting with the upper edges of said horizontal supportii'igbars to limit the outward movement of said supporting-legs.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

lVILLIAM LAFFOLD. 

